just some basic words or even some sentences please!Can anyone give me a list of some garifuna words translated to ingles?
Welcome - Buiti ach眉luruni
Good morning - Buiti binafi
Good afternoon - Buiti rabanweyu
Good night - Buiti gu帽oun
How are you? - Ida biangi?
I'm fine. - Magadietina
Thank you - Seremein
What is your name? - Ka biri?
My name is Maria. - Maria niri bai.
What day is today? - Ka weyu uguyen?
Today is Saturday. - Samudi uguyen.
One - Aban
Two - Biama
Three- 脺r眉wa
Four - Gad眉r眉
Five - Seing眉
Man - Eyeri
Woman - Hinyanru
Friend - Umada
Mother- Uguchuru
Father - Uguchili
House - Tuban
Dog - Aunli
Cat - Mesu
Sky - Ubehu
Sun - Weyu
Moon - Hati
Star - Waruguma
Water - Duna
Ocean - Barana
Earth - MuyaCan anyone give me a list of some garifuna words translated to ingles?
Sorry but I can't.
Instead I wanted to thank you for asking such an interesting question. Thanks to you I learned this, which I'd like to share:
Garifuna is an Arawakan language spoken in Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Belize by the Garifuna people. It is spoken by a majority of mostly Black-Hondurans.
One interesting feature of Garifuna is a vocabulary split between terms used only by men and terms used only by women. This does not however affect the entire vocabulary but when it does, the terms used by men generally come from Carib and those used by women come from Arawak.
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